Scottsdale teacher is in hot water over reality show

Scottsdale teacher is in hot water over reality show

Sean L. McCarthy
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 19, 2004 12:00 AM

SCOTTSDALE - Starting tonight, Randi Coy of Scottsdale will be known nationwide, not as a yoga instructor or first-grade teacher at a Catholic school, but as the 23-year-old woman with a Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.

Coy is the unwitting "star" of the Fox series that debuts at 8 tonight on Channel 10.

Last summer, between graduating from Arizona State University and beginning life as first-grade teacher at Pope John XXIII Catholic School Community in northeast Phoenix, Coy attended an open casting call at Drift restaurant in downtown Scottsdale.